Silversmith&#39;s stock.



PATENTED Nov. 27, 190e. M. T. GOLDSMITH.

SILVBRSMITHS STCK. APPLICATION FILED Mme, 1906.

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MARCUS T. eoLDsMIrH, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

SILVEHSMITHS STOCK. I

No. 837,219.' Specification 0f Letters Patent.- Patented Nov. 27, 1906Application filed January 6, 1906. Serial No. 294,915.

To ali, whom t may concern,.- l the lloops A of two adjacent members andBe .it lmown that I, MARCUS VT.. GOLD- l the members A are arranged inr'ows,and the SMITH, a subject \of the Czar of Russia, and a member inone row has its loops A -engaging.; -I resident of the city of New York,borough of l or straddling two adjacent members in the 5 the Bronx, inthe county and State of New ,l next followingrow, and the adjacent loops55 York, have invented a new and Improved .i A of two members in-a rowinterlock with a Silversmiths Stock, of which the following is I singlemember in the next row at points bea'full, clear, and exact description.tween the loops A" of this single member.

The object of the invention is to provide a j By the arrangementdescribed the memro new and improved stock designed for'use in j bers Aare securely and flexibly interlocked 6othe manufacture of purses andlike articles, 5 with each other in a simple manner and withwliich issimple and durable in construction, out the use of extra fastening orconnecting exceedinglystrongand flexible, cheap toman devices.Different. forms may be given to ufacture, and arranged to presentsmooth ,l the loopsA. Forinstance,as-shownin Figs.

r 5 inner and outer surfaces to prevent handker- ,l 1 and 2 the loopsare circular, while the loop 65 chiefs and other fabrics from beingcaught on l shown inFi .51' is approximately rectangular. undesirablerojections, las is so frequently Thestock om which the members A are thecase Witli) fish-scale purses and like artij made may be of differentshape in crossesecc es as nowconstructed. tion`that is, it may be flat,round, polygzo The invention consists of ,novel features onal, orotherwise. W 7o and parts and combinations of the same,l Having vthusdescribed my invention, I which will bemore fully described hereinafterclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters and` then pointed ont inthe c aims. p Patent` v Apractical embodiment ofthe invention is ,l 1.-A silversmiths stock comprising interz 5 represented in the accompanyingdrawings, f locking members, each formed of a ring bent 75 orming a partof this specification, in which upon itself into half-ring sha e, withits end similar characters of reference indicate corre* lorben-tportions formed into oops. spontling parts in all the views. 2. isilversnii'ths stock comprising mem- Figure 1 is a face view of theimprovement. bers, each formed of a ring symmetrical about 3o Fig. 2 isan enlarged transverse section ofthe i and folded along one o its axes,the folds 8o .same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 1s a forming theendsof each member straddling face view of the blank for forming amember adjacent members.

A 3. A silversmiths stock comprising interverse section of a inodiiiedform of the imi locking members, each formed of a ring bent 3 5provement. upon itself into half-ringl shape, with its-ends 85` hemembersA,formingthestock, are alike I or bent portions straddlingadjacent mem- 'n shape and construction, and each is formed l bersbetween the ends thereof. of an annulet or ring, preferably of oval 4.Asilversmiths stock comprising .intersliape (see Fig. 3) and doubled upalong the locking members, each formed of a ring bent 4o minor axis togive the member a half-ring upon itself into half-ring shape, with itsendsgo shape, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The Or bent portionsformed into loops, each mem;

ends or bent ortions of each member A are ber being engaged at or nearits middle by the Fops A', and the doubled-up loops of two adjacentmembers.

parts of a member extend through a loop A 5. The im roved metallicfabric, compris- 45 of an adjacent member, so that the end or ingaserieso series of links, each link beinga '95 loop A of a member straddles thedoubledj jointless, oblong and centrally-open'piece of up portion of anadjacent member, and the y metal lben-t double at its shorter axis so asto a jacent members are thus interlocked with .bring the extremities ofthe ieee together eachother. 1t will be noticed that each but leaving'the sides formes into lateral 5o member A is engaged at or near itsmiddle by l loops, each link of one series coupling or j oinroc ing twolinks of the next series in order, and g name to this specification inthe presence of one lateral loop of each of the links inclosing twosubscribing witnesses. tnv `oxtroiniiiee of the Apiece iormng one linkMARCUS T. G((HllS/DTL- oi the next series `(ind tue other loop of seidlink inclosingg,` the extremities of the piece i Vitnesses: inruling thenext link of said next series. THEO. G. H OSTER,

ln testimony whereof I have signed my Evlnxiw B. MARSHALL.

